Pledge A Thon: Pure Student Power Hour

For hour 7 of Pledge Drive 2015’s Pledge A Thon 24 hour broadcast WIUX is doing a fast track musical flashback on the history of campus radio at Indiana University. With over 50 years under our belt we condensed this musical montage down into a pure student power hour where each year in our history gets one song that will be played for 1 min. The song was either released or was top charting that year.

Unlike the typical rules of a power hour, the pure student power hour encourages you to donate $1 to WIUX once we reach a song from the year that you were in school for or a song that has meant a lot to you.

Here is the playlist so you can play along.

1963 – “Please Please Me” – The Beatles

1964 – “Chug-A-Lug” – Rodger Miller

1965 – “Like a Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan

1965 – “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” – Beach Boys

1966 – “I Can See For Miles” – The Who

1967 – “Waterloo Sunset” – The Kinks

1968 – “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” – The Beatles

1969 – “Love Her Madly” – The Doors

1970 – “Brown Sugar” – The Rolling Stones

1971 – “I Can’t Quit Her” – Blood Sweat & Tears

1972 – “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John

1973 – “Money” – Pink Floyd

1974 – “Midnight Flyer” – The Eagles

1975 – “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen

1976 – “Blitzkrieg Bop” – The Ramones

1977 – “Don’t Stop” – Fleetwood Mac

1978 – “Instant Replay” – Dan Hartman

1979 – “London Calling” – The Clash

1980 – “Black in Black” – AC/DC

1981 – “Jessies’ Girl” – Rick Springfield

1982 – “Sexual Healing” – Marvin Gaye

1983 – “Come on Eileen” – Dixie’s Midnight Runners

1984 – “Dancing in the Dark” – Bruce Springsteen

1985 – “Can’t Fight This Feeling” – REO Speed Wagon

1986- ” You Can Call Me Al” – Paul Simon

1987 – “Sweet Child of Mine” – Guns and Roses

1988 – “Like a Prayer” – Madonna

1989 – “Man in the Mirror” – Micheal Jackson

1990 – “I’ve Got The Power” – The Snap

1991 – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana

1992 – “No Rain” – Blind Melon

1993 – “I Will Always Love You” – Whitney Houston

1994 – “I Only Want to Be With You” – Hootie and the Blowfish

1995 – “She’s Electric” – Oasis

1996 – “Devil’s Haircut” – Beck

1997 – “New Way Home” – Foo Fighters

1998 – “C’este La Vie”- B*Witched

1999 – “American Women” – Lenny Kravitz

2000 – “Salty Dog” – Flogging Molly

2001 – “Anything You Want” – Spoon

2002 – “Heavy Metal Drummer” – Wilco

2003 – “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” – The Postal Service

2004 – “Wake Up” – Arcade Fire

2005 – “16 Military Wives” – The Decemberists

2006 – “I Bet You Look Good on The Dance Floor” – Arctic Monkeys

2007 – “Electric Feel” – MGMT

2008 – “Campus” – Vampire Weekend

2009 – “Liztomania” – Phoenix

2010 – “Airplanes” – Local Natives

2011 – “Dead and Gone” – The Black Keys

2012 – “Cooking Up Something Good” – Mac Demarco

2013 – “So Good at Being In Trouble” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

2014 – “Home By Now” – Bombay Bicycle Club

2015 – “Gibraltar” – Beirut

If you think you know a song that works better for a certain year, tweet @wiux with the hashtag #purestudentpowerhour and let us know!